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Bloody Disgusting was founded in 2001 by Brad Miska and Tom Owen. Miska operated under the pseudonym "Mr. Disgusting." In 2025, Miska left the company, and it is now run by Tom Owen with Managing Directors John Squires and Meagan Navarro.
By 2007, Bloody Disgusting was receiving 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. That audience size attracted outside investment from The Collective, a Beverly Hills-based management company, which purchased a minority stake in September 2007.
The V/H/S franchise is a found-footage horror anthology series produced by Bloody Disgusting. The first V/H/S premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and the series has continued with entries including V/H/S/2, V/H/S: Viral, V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99, V/H/S/85, V/H/S/Beyond, and V/H/S/Halloween, which premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2025.
Cineverse, then named Cinedigm, acquired Bloody Disgusting in October 2021. The sellers included co-founders Brad Miska and Tom Owen, business partners Peter Lutrell and Heather Lutrell, and part-owner Michael Green, whose company The Collective had previously held a large stake.
Screambox is a horror streaming service that Cinedigm assigned to Bloody Disgusting's management in October 2021 after the acquisition. A relaunched version branded as "Bloody Disgusting approved" was announced in November 2022 and launched with over 700 available titles, incorporating Bloody Disgusting's earlier streaming channel Bloody Disgusting TV into its navigation.
A Horrible Way to Die won three major awards at Fantastic Fest: Best Screenplay for Simon Barrett, Best Actor for AJ Bowen, and Best Actress for Amy Seimetz. The film had premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival before playing Fantastic Fest.